Chuckle-worthy. Nice voice characterisations. ( )

Tomorrow you leave my hotel, by great Scotland!

More exquisite Woodehouse. ( )

This is a collection of short stories with Bertie Wooster and his "gentleman" Jeeves. These entertaining stories surround Bertie supporting the love issues of his friend who falls in love every other day with someone new. if you'd like a good chuckle, read on.! ( )

Jeeves and Wooster are at it again! This time it's a trail of love affairs that Jeeves must sort out — and they aren't even all Bertie's! His friend Bingo Little (with whom he went to school) has an unfortunate aptitude for falling in love with "every second girl he sees." Usually the girl is from a lower social class, and Bingo is forever haranguing Bertie to smooth things over for him with Bingo's uncle. Of course Bingo is dependent on that uncle for an allowance. In other cases, the object of Bingo's affections is his equal or superior in rank, and Bingo enlists Bertie's help in persuading the lady that Bingo isn't such a bad type after all, and all that sort of rot.

Mixed up in all this are Bertie's and Bingo's sporting bets on the length of the local clergy's sermons. They also get mixed up in betting on the events of a church picnic. I don't know much about betting, but it seems to read just like betting on horses, which is hilarious when the race is the Girls' Egg-Balancing Race or some such thing. Later, bets are made on Bingo's ability to woo his current love-goddess. As a general rule, Bertie's bets are doomed to failure unless he asks Jeeves for advice.

Through it all, Jeeves and Bertie fight a quiet battle over Bertie's terrible taste in clothing. It pains prim Jeeves to have to help Bertie into some of the more outlandish colors the latter likes, and this divisive element more than once causes Bertie to try to figure things out himself rather than trust Jeeves' brilliant old bean. Hilarity ensues. The little spats are usually sorted out after a show of Jeeves' inspired diplomacy, when, in gratitude, Bertie screws himself up to make a manful sacrifice of his beloved finery — only to be informed quite politely that Jeeves has already taken the liberty of disposing of the offending article of clothing.

This book is very episodic and there are guest appearances of Bolsheviks, church plays, Tough Eggs, three cats, Bertie's dreadful cousins Claude and Eustace, Aunt Agatha (of course!), authoress Rosie M. Banks, and waitresses. As usual, Bertie's narration is hilarious. When I read this book on my lunch break, my co-workers asked me what I was laughing about. Plenty of books can make me smile, but only Wodehouse and a few others can make me laugh out loud. The over-the-top Britishness, slangy euphemisms, and ridiculous situations are just too funny. Everything ends happily (well, for the most part) and you close the book wishing for a Jeeves of your own, don't you know. Tip-top stuff! ( )

My ultimate comfort read. Superb. ( )